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Day and night
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Wendy Oldfield,Kay Davies |
Investigates how the Earth travels around the sun giving a continuous succession of days and nights. Activities and experiments introduce different methods of telling the time and look at how plants … |
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Spinning machines
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Wendy Oldfield,Kay Davies |
Looks at a variety of machines which have spinning parts, and explains how they work. Includes drills, escalators, clocks and watches, wind turbines and film cameras. Suggested level: primary. |
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Hot and cold
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Kay Davies |
Explores and explains different properties of temperature through simple experiments. |
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Light
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Wendy Oldfield,Kay Davies |
Explains the properties of light and how it makes variations in colour possible; with projects and experiments to demonstrate these principles. |
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It's cotton
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Wendy Oldfield,Kay Davies |
Shows the cotton seed and the different fabrics and other items that cotton can be found in. Suggested level: junior. |
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Sound and music
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Wendy Oldfield,Kay Davies |
Explains how sounds are made, how we hear them, the difference between natural and mechanical sounds, and how sound can make music; includes activities. |
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Rain
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Wendy Oldfield,Robert Pickett,Kay Davies |
Discusses what makes rain, how it falls to the ground, and what happens when it hits the ground. Includes activities and experiments. |
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Weather
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Wendy Oldfield,Kay Davies |
Text, illustrations, and suggested activities introduce weather, its effects on people and animals, and methods of observing and recording it. |
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Pushing and pulling
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Wendy Oldfield,Kay Davies |
Activities using spinning, rolling, stops and starts, demonstrate the many forces involved in making things move. Investigates making things move more easily with levers and pulleys. Suggested level:… |
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Electricity and magnetism
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Kay Davies |
Text, illustrations, and suggested activities introduce the forces of electricity and magnetism and how they work. |
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Sound and music
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Kay Davies |
Focuses on how sound is produced, transmitted, and received. Activities explore aural skills through sound recognition, dynamics, and pitch variation. |
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The super science book of time
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Kay Davies |
Examines the passing of time and how it has been measured through history, by such methods as observation of natural cycles and different kinds of clocks and watches. |
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Waste
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Kay Davies |
Examines various aspects of waste and pollution, including water waste, water pollution, oil spills, litter, air pollution, rust, and recycling. |
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